JU Correspondent Charming colours of the beautiful wings of 125 species of butterfly and kites overheard as replicas of the flying insect enthralled many nature-lovers at a fair on the Jahangirnagar University (JU) campus Friday. US Ambassador in Dhaka Dan...
Jasim Uddin Haroon | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
A move is underway to increase the non-tax revenue (NTR) through a review which involves readjusting and levying fresh charges on various services. According to government officials and economists the NTR turnovers have remained very low over the years in...
Aiming to give their relations a stronger footing, Bangladesh and Bhutan will renew their bilateral trade agreement on Saturday with Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina and her Bhutanese counterpart Tshering Tobgay witnessing the signing ceremony, reports UNB. The Bhutanese Prime Minister...
Terming her just concluded Kula Lumpur tour very successful, Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina on Friday said it would cast a positive impact on boosting manpower export from Bangladesh to Malaysia, reports UNB. "In overall consideration this tour (Malaysia) was very...
Doulot Akter Mala | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
The government moves to launch four new investment bonds with tax-free facility on stake for expatriate Bangladeshis to encourage them to invest their remittances in various sectors in the country. Officials said the Internal Resources Division (IRD) under the Ministry...
The gender pay gap in Europe ranges from about 100 euros (£79) to 700 euros per month, the ILO report suggested. In the UK, women earn about 28 per cent less than men on average, the UN body found, reports...
Syful Islam | 2014-12-06 00:00:00
Bangladesh will have to pay nearly US$100 million to get a stake in the China-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) as a founder-member, officials have said. "So far, 22 countries have joined hands in establishing the bank. We may need...
RAJBARI, Dec 5: A cotton factory was gutted by a fire in the English Market area of the district town on Friday noon. The fire broke out at 'Asha Enterprise' around 12pm and it soon engulfed the whole factory, said...
Bangladesh men's team started well in the International Handball Federation (IHF) Trophy Tournament-2014 while women's team tested the 2nd consecutive win beating their respective rivals in the day's matches at Faisalabad in Pakistan Thursday, reports UNB. In the men's group,...
HAMBANTOTA, Dec 4 (AFP): Kumar Sangakkara became only the fourth batsman in history to surpass 13,000 one-day runs as Sri Lanka scored 242-8 off 35 overs in a rain-curtailed match against England in Hambantota Wednesday. The 37-year-old left-hander reached the...
Ex-security chief Zhou Yongkang, the most senior Chinese official to be investigated for corruption, has been arrested and expelled from the Communist Party, state media report. The Supreme People's Procuratorate, China's top prosecuting body, said it had opened a formal...
There are several ways to measure Bangladesh's success in the Test and One Day International (ODI) series against Zimbabwe over the past six weeks. The 8-0 winning streak represents a general sense of relief and a restoration of a cricket-mad...
Dhaka Abahani Ltd secured the second slot after the eight round matches of the Walton Dhaka Metropolis Premier Division Cricket League (DPL) beating Victoria Sporting Club by 8 wickets in a match at the Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium in the...
Bangladesh confirmed the final round berth in the Men's Junior AHF Cup Hockey beating their main contenders Oman by huge 7-0 goals in the Islami Bank Men's Junior AHF Cup Qualifiers at the Moulana Bhasani National Hockey Stadium in the...
Virender Sehwag, Yuvraj Singh, Zaheer Khan,Gautam Gambhir and Harbhajan Singh have been omitted from the 30-member preliminary squad for the World Cup picked by India's selectors Thursday, reports Cricinfo. It has been almost a year since any of them made...
SYDNEY, Dec 4 (AFP): Selectors called batsman Shaun Marsh into Australia's Test squad Thursday as cover for recovering captain Michael Clarke ahead of next week's opening Test with India. Marsh, 31, will join the original 12-man squad in Adelaide, where...
Cook gets one-match ban for slow over-rate COLOMBO, Dec 4: England captain Alastair Cook was Thursday suspended for one match and fined 20 percent of his undisclosed match fees for his team's slow over-rate in the third one-day international against...
Shamsul Huda | 2014-12-05 00:00:00
The government may not be able before 2016 to apply for the WHO pre-qualification seal for its laboratory that needs to be well-equipped and well-manned for testing drugs as required by most importing countries. Currently the importing countries require drugs...
FE Report | 2014-12-05 00:00:00
Shishikura Limited, a more than two century-old Japanese company having chains of convenient stores and super markets in the world, launches its investment in Bangladesh soon with the opening of a steak and seafood restaurant in the capital on December...
The two-day 'Global Social Business Summit 2014' has concluded in Mexico City with a call for fighting social and economic problems through social business. The summit was inaugurated by Nobel Laureate Prof Dr Muhammad Yunus on November 27 at Expo...
An 11-member business delegation of Dhaka Chamber of Commerce and Industry (DCCI) left the city here for Malaysia Thursday night to attend a series of business meetings there. DCCI President Mohammad Shahjahan Khan is leading the delegation which will attend...
ICMAB chief attends SAFA board meet, int'l seminar A two-member delegation of the Institute of Cost and Management Accountants of Bangladesh (ICMAB) headed by its President Mohammed Salim left the city for India on Wednesday. The team went to India...
Commerce Minister Tofail Ahmed has expressed the hope that Germany will turn Bangladesh's number one export market in the coming days. "At this moment, Germany is the second largest export market for Bangladesh. In future, Germany will turn number one...
Speaker of the Jatiya Sangsad Dr Shirin Sharmin Chowdhury has urged all concerned including the women entrepreneurs to come forward for the development of the country. The Speaker made the appeal while speaking as the chief guest at the inaugural...
BEIJING, Dec 4 (Xinhua): China aims to lower the market threshold and absorb more social capital for state grid, pipelines, clean energy and mineral resources projects, the country's top economic planner announced Thursday. The decision is a part of the...
RAJSHAHI, Dec 4 (BSS): Rajshahi Krishi Unnayan Bank (Rakub) should be committed to reach its services towards doorsteps of the farmers in general for elevating their living and livelihood condition. Besides, the bank should work for bringing all the existing...
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